Simply place them on/near the heater; that should warm em up.

Yes they do according to the poll.

I also recommend the soundmagic pl30. They are excellent for the price.

I use the Xonar DX, and it's great for music, movies, games--just about everything for its price. I definitely recommend it.

I also bought the stands from Audioengine, and I agree they just decent, but definitely can be improved upon. How much did your homemade stands improve the sound by?

lmao these guys are a joke. I ordered mine on Oct2; they sent me a shipping confirmation Oct 3rd. I sent an email out yesteday, asking them when they shipped them, and they told me the headphones were out of stock, and so they shipped the headphones out yesterday, 15 days after the shipping...

I think Grado sr225 without an amp or Denon AH-D2000 with an amp would probably be best for metal.

The amp you have certainly is enough to drive them; however, a tube amp would pair up the best.

#8303 reporting in. I've had these for about four weeks--Opeth sounds absolutely amazing on them. I'm eagerly awaiting the wood cups from headcoverage (ordered them about 3 weeks ago).